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" I don't know any women who are one-dimensional, so why would I play one? "
Kaya Scodelario
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" I've missed London so much for its fashion. No disrespect to the girls in Manchester, but some really do look like clones - there's a lot of hair extensions and fake tans. You're free to experiment down here. "
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" I'm finding a lot of actors my age now who are a bit more like me, and not as posh or brought up in a certain way. There's now people of all sorts of kinds of backgrounds. "
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" Every job I take, I really want to learn something. "
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" I like the idea of up-and-coming actors nowadays being a little different and not necessarily the drama-school stereotype, being a bit more edgy. "
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" We're all lucky to be working, and I'm glad to be employed. "
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" My mother is amazing. She moved from Surrey to London, taught herself English, and found a job. "
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" Considering what the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' film is about, I wouldn't be able to play Anastacia. "
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" I was incredibly shy and insecure as a child. I was bullied. I was dyslexic. I had an immigrant single parent. I was the opposite of that kind of ideal, cool girl thing. "
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" I like movies because I've been getting leads, and TV is more about ensemble casts. "
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" I would love to make a Brazilian film, but it would have to be something very close to my heart. It's such a personal thing, so I'd want to do my family proud. I'd want to do justice to Brazilian cinema. I think Brazilian cinema is brilliant. I would really love to do something, but I'm just waiting for the right thing. "
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" I was painfully shy as a child; I was dyslexic. I had a single mother who's an immigrant. I just didn't believe acting was something that people like me could do on a professional level. "
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" Everyone asks, 'What's your goal? Do you want to win an Oscar? Do you want to work with Meryl Streep?' No! I want to buy my mum a house. I want to make her proud. "
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" I remember doing my first school play. We were doing 'Oliver Twist,' and I was cast as Oliver. It was the first time I ever felt brave and confident and truly happy about something. "
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" I would have loved the opportunity to have gone to drama school, but it just didn't work out for me; there are always several paths, and there's a reason why I've been down this path. "
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" I didn't tell anyone in school that I was going to be in 'Skins.' I was terrified of them putting me down. "
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" I love dressing up, but I do find the red carpet thing quite stressful. When I went to Venice Film Festival last month to promote 'Wuthering Heights,' I told my boyfriend beforehand 'I will be a nightmare, I will cry, I will be nervous.' Actually once I was there, it was fine. "
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" I had a really honest conversation with my husband about equal pay because we met on a movie where he was paid more than me just because of gender. "
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" I felt there needed to be a show for teenagers that didn't make them feel judged. 'Skins' never tried to preach. It allowed young people to make their own decisions about what to do and whether it was right or wrong. Young people really respond to that, and that's what sets 'Skins' apart. "
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" 'Skins' was the university for me. It was the best years of my life, really. We were all just a bunch of friends. "
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" I wasn't good at anything very much at school, but I did like drama. "
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" We come from a very humble background. A lot of my paycheck from 'Skins' went to paying the bills and getting us a new sofa. "
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" I like to have fun. I'm also a bit of the crazy one. All my friends are boys. I was bullied a lot by girls in school. There was also too much drama and demands. "
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" My mom always let me watch movies that were probably slightly too mature for my age, but she wanted me to see different stories. We grew up with quite a hard life, so she wasn't afraid to show me that in movies. "
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" It's nice to know that a studio is willing to put a female in a film without expecting the character to have a love interest. "
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" There are so many things that you're supposed to conform to as an actress. Keep your mouth shut. Look pretty. Be a fashionista. I'm not stylish. I don't want to become this character. "
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" The way I work, I didn't hold the accent all day. "
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" The thing you think is going to be huge ends up not being huge at all, and the most minute thing you do is talked about for the rest of your life, so I try not to have any expectations at all. I think that helps, if you're just focusing on the project at hand. "
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" It was hard to go into the world and start auditioning as real actors. Having to pay bills was rather scary, too. "
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" I really take a lot of influence from London style. "
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